An unusual entry in the swordplay genre, 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film Deaf and Mute Heroine has all the makings of a cult classic. Directed by the late Wu Ma, it features a tough, independent-minded heroine played by Helen Ma Hoi-lun, who takes on two gangs and a vengeful swordsman as she tries to hang on to a big bundle of stolen pearls.The big twist is that, as the title bluntly suggests, our heroine is a deaf and mute swordswoman whose mirrored wristbands enable her to see, rather than…
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